Having appeared for the first time in 1881 in the 'Giornale per i Bambini' ('Newspaper for Children'), the most beloved wooden puppet of all time Pinocchio continues to charm the young and the old alike. The adventures of the puppet whose nose lengthens whenever he tells a lie is likely to be one of the 'stars' of the Christmas 2019 season, with the arrival of a new film by Matteo Garrone, a large exhibition at Florence's Villa Bardini, new editions of the book and awards.

Almost two centuries after the birth of Pinocchio's creator Carlo Collodi - pseudonym for the journalist and writer Carlo Lorenzini - on November 24, 1826 in Florence and after the 1883 volume, 'Le Avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un Burattino' continues to be a success and attract the attention of the worlds of film, art, theater and comic books. For three years Collodi was Giornale per I Bambini editor-in-chief, until December 1886.